Child+Obesity+Report

Friday 5th June Hoy es el viernes el cinco de Junio WALT: turn our report plans into a written report Childhood obesity

Introduction:

Are you scared that your child might be over weight or obese? In New Zealand child obesity is beginning to increase. It is a major problem and it needs to stop.

Paragraph 1: What is child obesity?

As lots of people know, child obesity in New Zealand is spreading all over the country like a **__diesis__** . **__The cause of child obesity is because children (does that sound right?)__** are choosing the wrong food groups and eating foods you should eat very little like chips, lollies, chocolate and other salty and sugary foods and drink(**__What foods?__**) Children are eating these foods more than three times a day, everyday. They also are choosing to do very little exercise. New Zealand is the 7th fattest country in the world. If you got 100 New Zealanders 20.9% were (**__were or are__**) obese. If New Zealand does not do anything about the problem the **__consequents__** can be deadly. For example some are high blood pressure, heart attacks, heart disease, heart failure, **__and bulling__** from other kids extra.

Paragraph 2: Low income

In New Zealand there is a problem when families have very little income. Some families can not afford to buy the right healthy foods for **__there__** their children because they (**__the children or food?)__** are too expensive. So they buy unhealthy foods that are not as much money. For example, a pack of little chocolate bars is $2.95 each and a block of cheese is $8.95 that is heaps more. 20% of all New Zealand lived under the poverty line in 1998. Of that 20%, 54% were working adults, 44% were children and 11% were elderly. In the year 2006 and 2007 __**the Maori ate 41% the European ate 20.5% Asian ate 11% and the Pacific ate 65%. (Ate what?)**__

Paragraph 3: Solutions

If we want to stop children in New Zealand getting over weight we have to get children eating healthy foods and get them to do more exercise? Children should be active for 60 minutes a day. After school children should do there homework then goes out side and play. (**__You need to add more here?)__**

Conclusion

In New Zealand we have too many children that are over weight and the affects can be very deadly. My opinion is child obesity is a major problem and something needs to be done about it.


 * //Miss Crawford - A great start, Alicia. Your use of statistics is very strong but I did notice you did not use any diagrams.//**

Childhood obesity

Introduction:

Are you scared that your child might be over weight or obese? In New Zealand child obesity is beginning to increase. It is a major problem and it needs to stop.

Paragraph 1: What is child obesity?

As lots of people know, child obesity in New Zealand is spreading all over the country like a **diesease**. **The cause of child obesity is because children** are choosing the wrong food groups and eating foods you should eat very little **like chips, lollies, chocolate and other salty and sugary foods and drink** children are eating these foods more than three times a day, everyday. They also are choosing to do very little exercise. New Zealand is the 7th fattest country in the world. If you got 100 New Zealanders 20.9% were obese. If New Zealand does not do anything about the problem the **consequence** can be deadly. For example some are high blood pressure, heart attacks, heart disease, heart failure, **and bulling** from other kids extra.

Paragraph 2: Low income

In New Zealand there is a problem when families have very little income. Some families can not afford to buy the right healthy foods for **their** children because **the food is** too expensive. So they buy unhealthy foods like chocolate lollies and fast foods that are not as much money **as healthy foods**. For example, a pack of little chocolate bars is $2.95 each and a block of cheese is $8.95 that is heaps more. 20% of all New Zealand lived under the poverty line in 1998. Of that 20%, 54% were working adults, 44% were children and 11% were elderly. In the year 2006 and 2007 **the amount of people that are in the Maori area 41% the European were 20.5% Asian were 11% and the Pacific were 65%.**

Paragraph 3: Solutions

If we want to stop children in New Zealand getting over weight we have to get children eating healthy foods and get them to do more exercise? **Children need to cut back on fatty foods and start eatting fruit and vegetables for snakes.** Children should be active for 60 minutes a day. After school children should do there homework then goes out side and play. **Schools can have a comperny called active schools and they can come and help children to keep fit and help them to eat the right and healthy foods for example they get you to eat more of fruit.**

Conclusion

In New Zealand we have too many children that are over weight and the affects can be very deadly. My opinion is child obesity is a major problem and something needs to be done about it. By Alicia